Benefits for the school governing bodies
The school governing bodies are in charge of providing secure and reliable IT services to their schools. WebWeaver® School is used by governing bodies and school authorities in Germany and Switzerland. Their aim is to support their schools with secure, low-maintenance and easy-to-use web services.
The main benefits for schools and school governing bodies are:
- Integration of mobile devices
An increasing number of parents and students demands the usage of mobile devices in classrooms. WebWeaver® School provides a secure base for the use of private devices as well as of school-owned devices. - Access to digital resources without media break
WebWeaver® School provides access to digital media and schoolbooks (e.g. EQUELLA, Learning Resource Exchange). The resources can be searched directly on the WebWeaver® School platform and then be integrated without any media breaks into the virtual libraries of the platform. - Central ID management
WebWeaver® School makes it possible to centrally manage user accounts and user groups. The platform can both be connected to existing user management systems and provide access to other systems. Double administration of user accounts is unnecessary. - A single login to all IT services
WebWeaver® School complements the IT services of the school and can give access to its local IT services. Teachers and students can log on with their login credentials from WebWeaver® School to access all other IT services (e.g. to establish a wifi-connection).
- Also for schools with a slow internet connection
The up- and download of files stresses the internet connection of the school. WebWeaver® Proxy enables also schools with a slow internet connection to work intensively with their learning platform.
- Secure hosting
WebWeaver® School can be securely hosted in any hosting centre according to local and European data protection laws. - Customised platform
WebWeaver® School can be adapted to any corporate design and set up at any URL. - Cost reduction
School authorities save money for local IT components. Thus, the costs for purchase and operation of WebWeaver® School are redeemed in the medium term.
educanet²: Swiss learning platform with 3.780 schools, 150.000 teachers and 480.000 students
Paolo Pollini, in charge of the educanet²
“Many schools in Switzerland set the stage for the use of mobile devices. The WebWeaver® app enables students and teachers to access the functions and contents of their learning platform with tablets and smartphones- in the school, at home or en route. […]The app is a safe and ads-free functional equivalent to messaging and storage services such as WhatsApp or Dropbox, and thus serves as a safe alternative to those services for students.”
wtkedu.de: School platform of the district of Wetterau with 88 schools, 3.300 teachers and 39.000 students
Helmut Betschel-Pflügel, head of school department of the district of Wetterau
“WebWeaver® School provides a future oriented working environment to our schools. The schools consider it as very useful to have access to school resources, anywhere and at any time, and to dispose of consistent e-mail addresses.”
schulbistum.de: School platform for 33 schools, 1.800 teachers and 20.000 students in the diocese of Münster
Gregor Bernhart, Diocese of Münster
“WebWeaver® School provides us with a safe infrastructure for cross-linking pedagogical activities in the schools and between the schools in the whole diocese. The platform can be used intuitionally and without additional administrative effort. This is why the implementation is easy, already after a few months the platform is intensely used by teachers and students.”
Further references (in German)